noun

Lўcambes

gen. Lўcambae · gender masculine · decl. 1st

= Λυκάμβης

a Theban who promised his daughter to Archilochus, and afterwards refused her; for which he was pursued by the poet with such bitter sarcasm that he hung both himself and his daughter •

a Theban who promised his daughter to Archilochus, and afterwards refused her; for which he was pursued by the poet with such bitter sarcasm that he hung both himself and his daughter: qualis Lycambae spretus infido gener, Hor. Epod. 6, 13; cf. id. Ep. 1, 19, 30. —Hence,

adj., of Lycambes •

Lўcambēus, a, um, adj., of Lycambes: sanguis, Ov. Ib. 54.

Perseus ID: n27318 Key: Lycambes